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TIL Turbotax, an American tax filling company, invested money in lobbying to keep tax return filling as confusing as possible, ensuring customers for their business.

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OGXw7 TIL 17 y.o Matthew Scheidt a billing clerk intern spent days posing as a physician's assistant at a Florida hospital. He performed CPR, and even examined undressed male patients without anyone questioning him for days after convincing the hospital badge office that he had recently been promoted.
gMY8X TIL that the famous mystical poet Rumi spawned a religious order of spinning Dervishes that is led by the Çelebis, the direct male descendents of the 13th century poet! The order have been classified as an intangible human heritage by UNESCO
kpJg TIL a prize of $1 million has been offered to anyone who can demonstrate that $7,250 audio cables are any better than ordinary audio cables.
nbEb TIL that people with a stutter can sing without stuttering because the brain functions differently while speaking than when singing
0dJvR TIL that "Research by Rutgers University and the Mayo Clinic found that children under age two who are given antibiotics are at greater risk for asthma, respiratory allergies, eczema, celiac disease, obesity and ADHD"